Saturday 28 November 2015

Films alone cannot create a revolution, but can create noise- Hemal Trivedi, Director of “Among the Believers”

Build a road without any barriers, without any boundaries- Marian Urban, Producer of ‘Hostage’

Goa Film Fest is well organised Festival- Kamran Gasimov, producer of ‘Bloody January’



“Films cannot create revolution, but they can add to the noise, sometime loud, sometime low.” This was observed by Hemal Trivedi, Director of the movie ‘Among the believers’, while interacting with media persons at IFFI Goa today. Referring to terrorism in Pakistan, Hemal commented, “because of some fundamentalists the whole nation suffers. It is for the people to find the solution themselves.” Expressing concern over narrow perception about terrorism, the Director said that she herself had to face death threats after the first release of the film in April 2015. It was re-launched later in October 2015.

The film revolves around a charismatic cleric in Pakistan who has raised the war against the state. The film also follows the lives of two teenager students who have attended madrasahs run by cleric’s network.

During the interaction, producer of ‘Hostage’, Marian Urban said that “people are suffering because of conflicts and divide. Future generation should build a road without any barriers, without dividing boundaries”. He said, everyone wants peace in the world, but forces working for division are blocking peace, it is a universal story,” he commented.

The movie ‘Hostage’ is a tragi-comic story about the son of a local communist officer and his friend, both hostage of the communist regime. It depicts their first contacts with adult world, absurd reality of relationships and, politics, emigration, betrayal and also death.

Commenting on transition of regime in Bulgaria after the end of communism, George Balbanov, director of the film ‘The Petrov File’ said, “though communism had its evils but the capitalism also led people into wilderness”. His film narrates the story of a man who is prohibited from acting for unknown reasons during the communism days in Bulgaria. When he reappears on stage after the end of the regime, he realises that he was betrayed by his mentor- a person he admired the most. He faces the complicated situation and is urged to lead a new political party to save the country.

Briefing about the film ‘Bloody January’ the Azerbaijani producer, Kamran Gasimov said, his film is not about war, it’s about the situation of the people during the war, how they suffer and survive. He said that Goa film fest is a very good platform for showcasing films and it is well managed festival.

The movie ‘Bloody January’ tells about historic day of January 20, 1990, in the life of the people of Azerbaijan. On that day, a small country, later recognized as Republic of Azerbaijan, stood up to the then great Soviet Empire to fight for its freedom and independence that led to bloodshed of innocent civilians.


Courtesy: pib.nic.in

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